H. H. West stands with a group in front of a wagon, Elliott vicinity, 1900

Item Overview

Title

H. H. West stands with a group in front of a wagon, Elliott vicinity, 1900

Photographer

West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958

Date Created

September 1900

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

The photograph is a bit blurry, so only Independence (Inda) Stevens is visible at the far right and H. H. West is at his left.
H. H. West stands with a group in front of a wagon. The cart is piled with supplies and there is an American flag hanging off of the end. All of the people except for the little girl wear hats. There are trees behind them.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 634. East. Red Oak, Iowa. Meads. September 1900. At Lewis Lake. In the summer of 1900 I took mother east for a trip. We stopped at Red Oak, Iowa, went up to Elliott, and thence out to Mead's farm 7 miles east of Elliott. While at Meads, Will Mead got up a party to go to Lewis Lake, a few miles north of their farm. Here is the rig, and the party. I cannot recall all who were along but there was Will Biddick, Fannie Biddick, Walter Biddick, Grace Biddick, Emma Manker, India [sic] Stevens, Sena Burris, Maggie Burris, H. H. West, Will Mead. 3 films.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Subjects

Carts & wagons--American--Iowa--Elliott

Names

West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Stevens, Independence, 1875-1960

Location

Iowa--Red Oak

Resource type

still image